Pore coral

Montipora aequituberculata

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Endangered

Usual depth0–48 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsApril
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Montipora aequituberculata is a species of stony coral in the family Acroporidae. It is a common coral in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Montipora aequituberculata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 16 records
February: 13 records
March: 8 records
April: 1,732 records
May: 104 records
June: 1 records
July: 15 records
August: 37 records
September: 15 records
October: 10 records
November: 9 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–48 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 1,061 records
10–20 m: 41 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 96 records
40–50 m: 757 records
50–60 m: 48 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

22–24 °C: 20 records
24–26 °C: 77 records
26–28 °C: 649 records
28–30 °C: 58 records

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Names and classification

English: Pore coral, Encrusting pore coral, pore coral

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: チヂミウスコモンサンゴ, チヂミコモンサンゴ
Simplified Chinese: 癭葉表孔珊瑚, 癭葉表孔珊瑚（癭葉薔薇珊瑚）

Other scientific names: Montipora amplectens, Montipora composita, Montipora ellisi, Montipora erythraea

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,325 open-data records from 1897 to 2024.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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